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This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

<em>Daily Scene in the Louvre</em>, a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum after an inventory at the time found that over 300 canvases were missing. (Getty Images)
Daily Scene in the Louvre, a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum after an inventory at the time found that over 300 canvases were missing. (Getty Images)

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